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Developing American Identity (Temperance (Alchohol was very prominent and…
Developing American Identity
Education
Horace mann wants free common schools for all students with prepared teachers
Decided to teach kids moral principles
Private schools for catholic children
Colleges were founded by protestant and began admitting women
Temperance
Alchohol was very prominent and drink levels was dangerous
Tried to control drinking problems
Washingtonians tried to stop drinking saying it was an illness
Factory owners and politicins said it can stop crime and help
Increased taxes on alcohol
Overshadowed by slavery
Religion/ utopian society
Baptist and methodists for people that have no church experience
Religious revivals against rationalism
Millennialism thought world will end on 1844
Mormons fled mobs and settled in utah.
Women
Women had to take care of house and teach children morals. They became the cult of domesticity for morals and household support
Womens desire for rights increased and women wrote letters and gave speeches
Seneca falls convention had many female speakers advocating womens rights. All men and women are created equal
Abolitionist movement
American colonization society tried to send all slaves to freedom in liberia to abolish slavery
Garrison tries to immediately abolish slavery and burns constitution
Formed liberty party and made a split in abolitionist stances
Escaped slaves and free blacks spoke against slavery with first hand experience
Many slave revolts were created by angry slaves like nat turner